Compilation of Environmental, Threats, and Animal Data for Cetacean Population Health Analyses
Implementing Organization
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$5,808,500
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)
Funding Program
Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Species Restoration
Targeted Resources
Marine Mammals
Project Description
This project is developing a cloud-based platform to provide user-friendly access to data and visualization tools for assessing the health of whale and dolphin stocks in the Gulf of Mexico and to better understand the stressors that threaten them. The short name for the data platform, CETACEAN, comes the from the capitalized letters in the project's formal name: Compilation of Environmental, Threats, and Animal data for CEtacean population health ANalyses. The project supports the Trustees’ goal to implement integrated approaches for restoring injured marine mammals throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Information on whales and dolphins is collected and made accessible by a variety of organizations, each using their own data formats and management systems. This project is bringing the data together in a single system, with uniform standards and comprehensive data management capabilities. Ready access to the most up-to-date health information is expected to make for more timely and effective responses, and access to integrated health and stressor information is intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of decision-making by Trustees, restoration planners, responders, and conservation managers. To ensure that the CETACEAN platform meets the needs of end users and incorporates the best available information, the project team is collaborating with key stakeholders on both planning and implementation, and is providing opportunities to meet with potential contributors and end-users throughout the process. The project will take approximately five years for full implementation, but will be released in intermediate versions to targete...click on "More Info" link below
Contact
Thomas Dolan(727) 551-5741
thomas.dolan@noaa.gov
Project Website
None
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